PCC Update

May 16, 2017

This publication from the Physician Compensation Committee is designed to provide regular updates on the approvals, decisions and accomplishments that take place at that table.

Update

The PCC is pleased to announce the posting of the Overhead Review RFP on May 1, 2017 with a closing date of May 30, 2017.
Also, the PCC welcomes additional members from Alberta Health to the Committee.

Recent Activities

Overhead Review RFP

Alberta Health and the AMA are seeking a Proponent to research and estimate physician overhead costs and develop an analytic approach in order to provide Alberta Health and the AMA, through the Physician Compensation Committee, with a better understanding of the various components of physician overhead and the variation in overhead costs across different medical sections, practice types [private office, Alberta Health Services (AHS) facilities], geographical locations, practice sizes, and over time.

The global objectives of this Project are to:

1) Complete a strategic review of physician overhead;

2) Develop a framework to represent and understand physician business costs, and to ensure reasonable and fair compensation between physicians in different practice environments; and

3) Gain real-world values regarding overhead as well as developing a ‘model office’ in which ‘consideration for reasonableness’ is taken into account.